Join the Internship Program at Sunny Joy Farm
At Sunny Joy Farm, teens and young adults (14-25) can explore hands-on learning and mentorship in a nurturing, small-group environment. Through seasonal projects like gardening, eco-art, herbal medicine, and permaculture design, participants will develop practical life skills, leadership, and self-discovery.
What We Offer:
Paid internships with $150 stipends per session
Small groups (3-4 participants) for meaningful mentorship
Skills like farming, composting, irrigation, eco-art, and cooking
A supportive environment for exploring unique strengths and career paths
Upcoming Sessions:
Spring: March 17 - April 25
Summer: June 16 - July 25
Fall: Sept 8 - Oct 17
Winter: Jan 12 - Feb 20
Location:
Magical Botanical Studio, Sunny Joy Farm in Talent, OR
Join Us and Start Your Journey!
Empower yourself with skills, purpose, and community. Sign up today and discover the secret to a fulfilling, non-traditional path.
There’s never been a more important or urgent time to live a deliberate, revolutionary life.
Living &working on your own terms means you have to be willing to turn many old beliefs, challenges and conditioning inside out…
When I found myself suddenly widowed, alone in the woods with my three children to care for, I quickly realized that the only way my deep soul could thrive would be to craft my own, deliberate life. Alongside my children, we built our world view together, complete with its own values, agreements & creative solutions…
This journey has been long, at times very trying and incredibly healing. It’s a path-less-traveled and well-worth pursuing, in the name of a more liberatory, earth-centric & resilient lifestyle…
I’m overjoyed to share with you all that I’ve learned over nearly two decades of artisan entrepreneurship, mindful mentoring, land based living and community activism!
How Would You Most LikE to create or strengthen
your own, resilient life?
Garden Education
Nurture your subsistence skills and grow your self-sufficiency with abundant food landscapes and resilient land based cottage industries. I’m here to teach, support, design and manage your dream food scene, whatever your garden goals; food, medicine, beauty, community. It’s right at our fingertips. Learn More..
REsiliency Coaching
Work with me 1:1 in-person or virtually. Drop into a deep harbor for tending the heart waters of connection & healing and renew your sense of meaning in life. Resiliency coaching transforms the pain of adversity into strengths that give you an advantage.
Learn More…
Eco-Art & Workshops
I have been an Artisan Entrepreneur for more than a decade. My mediums have been fiber and textile art, screen printing, natural dyeing, and botanical printing. If weaving meaning into your art sparks a light in you, join me for an upcoming open studio or workshop. Learn More…
The days are long; the years are short…
The time is now to slow down and create
a deliberate life
One of the things I found out early on as a single mother and earth-centric artist was that if I followed the path of success I was told to want, I’d never enjoy the vision I had for my life, I’d miss my kid's’ precious childhoods… and I’d be too stressed to relish this incredible, mysterious existence that IS life!
I discovered a self-determination in me to live life on my own terms, and I decided to nurture it. I’ve come to believe we all have this deep reservoir of power within…
You get to decide who you are and defy convention to create a life that feels soulful, rich and nourishing to you.
I knew that I was up against a stark cultural narrative… a single mother of three, no college degree, widowed.
I couldn’t bear to let these three facts limit me or supersede everything else I knew to be true about myself.
Shifts began when I started living in alignment with my dream life as much as I could, making choices from potential instead of limitation.. This kind of mindfulness was not a privilege that came easily, but it’s been essential for cultivating self-determination amidst so many outer challenges.
Now, my passion is helping you to do the same. I’m right here with you, still making mistakes, still facing challenges and definitely still healing. So I don’t have all the answers. But I can help you make some powerful decisions and guide you to embracing strengths you didn’t know you had.
The power to decide lives within all of us. As soon as you decide to live a deliberate, self-determined life, honoring your needs and values, you will feel things lighten and change, opening up a new world of possibilities…
This goes for youth, families and communities as much as for individuals. Explore my Family Crest :Program, Read My Full Story & Find recent posts & events below.
I’ll be seeing you out and about in this wild world.
Love,
~Sunny
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